Hello, and welcome
to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank
your for joining with me today,
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to read the
Word of God together.
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Let's pray before we start.
Dear Lord, thank you so much
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for your gracious mercy
to us. We need you every
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step of our way we want
to have ordered by the words
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of this book. Please send your
Holy Spirit to open our hearts,
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and to bring wisdom to
our lives as we read together.
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We love you and thank
you for loving us. Amen.
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We are reading today
in the book of Joshua,
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starting in chapter 10, verse 1,
This is the King James Version.
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Now it came to pass when,
Adonizedec king of Jerusalem
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had heard how Joshua had taken
Ai, and had utterly destroyed it
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as he had done to Jericho, and
her king, so he had done to Ai
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her king and how the inhabitants
of Gibeon had made peace
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with Israel, and were among
them; that they feared greatly,
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because Gibeon was a great city,
as one of the royal cities,
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and because it was greater
than Ai, and all the men thereof
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were mighty. Wherefore
Adonizedec king of Jerusalem
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sent unto Hoham king of Hebron,
and unto Piram king of Jarmuth,
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and unto Japhia king of Lachish,
and unto Debir king of Eglon,
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saying, Come up unto me and help
me, that we may smite Gibeon:
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for it hath made peace with
Joshua and with the children
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of Israel. Therefore the
five kings of the Amorites,
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the king of Jerusalem, the king
of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth,
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the king of Lachish, the king
of Eglon, gathered themselves
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together, and went up, they and
all their hosts, and encamped
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before Gibeon
made war against it.
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And the men of Gibeon sent unto
Joshua to the camp to Gilgal,
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saying, Slack not thy hand
from thy servants; come up to us
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quickly and save us, and
help us: for all the kings
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of the Amorites that dwell
in the mountains are gathered
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together against us. So
Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he,
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and all the people of war
with him, and all the mighty men
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of valor. And the Lord
said unto Joshua, Fear them not:
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for I have delivered
them into thine hand;
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there shall not a man
of them stand before thee.
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Joshua therefore
came unto them suddenly,
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and went up from
Gilgal all night.
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And the Lord discomfited them
before Israel, and slew them
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with a great slaughter
at Gibeon and chased them
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along the way that goeth up
to Bethhoron, and smote them
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to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
And it came to pass as they fled
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from before Israel, and were
in the going down to Bethhoron,
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that the Lord cast down great
stones from heaven upon them
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unto Azekah, and they
died: they were more which died
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with hailstones than they
whom the children of Israel slew
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with the sword. Then spake
Joshua to the Lord in the day
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when the Lord delivered up
the Amorites before the children
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of Israel. And he said
in the sight of Israel,
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Sun, stand thou still upon
Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the
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valley of Ajalon. And the sun
stood still, and the moon stayed
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until the people had avenged
themselves upon their enemies.
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Is not this written
in the book of Jasher?
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So the sun stood still
in the midst of heaven,
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and hasted not to go
down about a whole day.
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And there was no day like
that before it or after it,
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that the Lord hearkened
unto the voice of a man:
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for the Lord fought for Israel.
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And Joshua returned, and all
Israel with him, unto the camp
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to Gilgal. But these five
kings fled, and hid themselves
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in a cave at Makkedah.
And it was told Joshua saying,
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The five kings are found
hid in a cave at Makkedah.
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And Joshua said, Roll
great stones upon the mouth of
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the cave, and set men
by it for to keep them:
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And stay ye not, but
pursue after your enemies,
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and smite the hindmost of
them; suffer them not to enter
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into their cities: for the Lord
your God hath delivered them
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into your hand. And it
came to pass, when Joshua
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and the children of Israel
had made an end of slaying them
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with a very great slaughter,
till they were consumed,
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that the rest which remained of
them entered into fenced cities.
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And all the people returned to
the camp to Joshua at Makkedah
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in peace: none moved his tongue
against any of the children
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of Israel. Then said Joshua,
Open the mouth of the cave,
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and bring out those five
kings unto me out of the cave.
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And they did so, and brought
forth those five kings unto him
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out of the cave, the king of
Jerusalem, the king of Hebron,
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the king of Jarmuth, the king
of Lachish, the king of Eglon,
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And it came to pass, when
they brought out those kings
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unto Joshua, that Joshua called
for all the men of Israel,
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and said unto the
captains of the men of war
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which went with him, Come near
put your feet upon the necks
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of these kings. And they
came near, and put their feet
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upon the necks of them.
And Joshua said unto them,
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Fear not, nor be dismayed,
be strong and of good courage:
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for thus shall the Lord do
to all your enemies against
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whom ye fight. And
afterward Joshua smote them,
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and slew them, and
hanged them on five trees:
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and they were hanging upon
the trees until the evening.
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And it came to pass at time
of the going down of the sun,
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that Joshua commanded, and they
took them down off the trees,
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and cast them into the
cave wherein they had been hid,
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and laid great
stones in the cave's mouth,
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which remain
until this very day.
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And that day Joshua
took Makkedah, and smote it
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with the edge of the sword,
and the king thereof he utterly
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destroyed, them and all
the souls that were therein;
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and he let none remain: and
he did to the king of Makkeda
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as he did unto
the king of Jericho.
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Then Joshua passed from Makkedah
and all Israel with him,
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unto Libnah, and
fought against Libnah:
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and the Lord delivered it
also, and the king thereof,
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into the hand of Israel;
and he smote it with the edge
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of the sword, and all
the souls that were therein;
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he let none remain in
it; but did unto king thereof
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as he did unto
the king of Jericho.
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And Joshua passed from
Libnah, and all Israel with him,
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unto Lachish, and encamped
against it and fought against it
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and the Lord delivered
Lachish into the hand of Israel,
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which took it on the second
day, and smote it with the edge
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of the sword, and all
the souls that were therein,
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according to all that
he had done to Libnah.
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Then Horam king of
Gezer came up to help Lachish:
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and Joshua smote
him and his people,
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until he had left
him none remaining.
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And from Lachish Joshua passed
unto Eglon, and all Israel
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with him and they encamped
against it and fought against it
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and they took it on that day,
and smote it with the edge of
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the sword and all the
souls that were therein
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he utterly destroyed
that day, according to all
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that he had done to Lachish.
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And Joshua went up from
Eglon, and all Israel with him,
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unto Hebron; and they fought
against it: and they took it,
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and smote it with the edge of
the sword, and the king thereof,
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and all the cities thereof, and
all the souls that were therein;
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he left none remaining,
according to all that he
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had done to Eglon;
but destroyed it utterly,
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and all the souls
that were therein.
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And Joshua returned, and
all Israel with him, to Debir;
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and fought against it: and he
took it, and the king thereof,
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and all the cities thereof; and
they smote them with the edge
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of the sword, and
utterly destroyed all the souls
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that were therein;
he left none remaining:
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as he had done to Hebron, so
he did to Debir, and to the king
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thereof; as he had done
also to Libnah, and to her king.
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So Joshua smote all the country
of the hills and of the south,
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and of the vale, and of the
springs, and all their kings:
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he left none
remaining, but utterly destroyed
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all the breathed, as the
Lord God of Israel commanded.
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And Joshua smote them from
Kadesh Barnea even unto Gaza,
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and all the country of
Goshen even unto Gibeon.
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and all these kings and
their land did Joshua take
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at one time, because the Lord
God of Israel fought for Israel.
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And Joshua returned,
and all Israel with him,
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unto the camp to Gilgal.
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We're continuing to
read in the book of Joshua,
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chapter 11, and this
is the King James version.
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And it came to pass, when
Jabin king of Hazor had heard
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those things, that he
sent to Jobab king of Madon,
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and to the king of Shimron,
and to the king of Achshaph,
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and to the kings that were
on the north of the mountains,
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and of the plains south of
Chinneroth, and in the valley,
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and in the borders of Dor on
the west, and to the Canaanite
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on the east and on the
west, and to the Amorite,
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and the Hittite, and the
Perizzite, and the Jebusite
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in the mountains, and to the
Hivite under Hermon in the land
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of Mizpeh. And they went
out, they and all their hosts
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with them, much people, even
as the sand that is upon the sea
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shore in multitude, with
horses and chariots very many.
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And when all these
kings were met together,
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they came and pitched
together at the waters of Merom,
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to fight against Israel.
And the Lord said unto Joshua,
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Be not afraid because of them:
for tomorrow about this time
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will I deliver them up
all slain before Israel:
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thou shalt hock their
horses, and burn their chariots
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with fire. So Joshua came, and
all the people of war with him,
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against them by the
waters of Merom suddenly;
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and they fell upon them.
And the Lord delivered them
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into the hand of Israel,
who smote them, and chased them
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unto great Zidon,
and unto Misrephothmaim,
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and unto the valley of Mizpeh
eastward; and they smote them,
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until they left
them none remaining.
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And Joshua did unto
them as the Lord bade him:
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he hocked their horses, and
burnt their chariots with fire.
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And Joshua at that time
turned back, and took Hazor,
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and smote the king thereof with
the sword: for Hazor beforetime
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was the head of
all those kingdoms.
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And they smote all the
souls that were therein
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with the edge of the
sword, utterly destroying them:
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there was not
any left to breathe:
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and he burnt Hazor with fire.
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And all the cities of those
kings, and all the kings of them
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did Joshua take, and smote
them with the edge of the sword,
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and he utterly destroyed them,
as Moses the servant of the
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Lord commanded. But as for
the cities that stood still
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in their strength, Israel burned
none of them, save Hazor only;
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that did Joshua burn. And
all the spoil of these cities,
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and the cattle, the children
of Israel took for a prey
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unto themselves; but every
man they smote with the edge of
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the sword, until
they had destroyed them,
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neither left
they any to breathe.
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As the Lord commanded
Moses his servant, so did Moses
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command Joshua, and so did
Joshua: he left nothing undone
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of all that the
Lord commanded Moses.
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So Joshua took all that land,
the hills, and all the south
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country and all the land
of Goshen, and the valley,
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and the plain, and the mountain
of Israel, and the valley
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of the same; even from the mount
Halak that goeth up to Seir,
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even unto Baalgad in the valley
of Lebanon under mount Hermon:
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and all their kings he took,
and smote them, and slew them.
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Joshua made war a long
time with all those kings.
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There was not a city that
made peace with the children
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of Israel, save the Hivites
the inhabitants of Gibeon:
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all other they took in battle.
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For it was of the Lord
to harden their hearts,
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that they should come
against Israel in battle,
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that he might destroy them
utterly, and that they might
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have no favor, but
that he might destroy them,
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as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And at that time came
Joshua, and cut off the Anakins
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from the mountains, from
Hebron, from Debir, from Anab,
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and from all the
mountains of Judah,
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and from all the
mountains of Israel:
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Joshua destroyed them
utterly with their cities.
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There was none of the Anakims
left in the land of the children
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of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath
and in Ashdod, there remained.
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So Joshua took the whole land,
according to all that the Lord
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said unto Moses; and Joshua
gave it for an inheritance
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unto Israel according to
their divisions by their tribes.
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And the land rested from war.
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We're going to
skip now, chapter 12.
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There is a listing of a bunch
of the kings and the victories
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that were given to Joshua,
and the children of Israel.
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In chapter 13, the first verse,
speaks about Joshua being old,
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and stricken in years. And
then it goes on again to list
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some of the names of the
territories and the cities there
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We're going to
pick up in chapter 14.
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This is the King James Version.
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These are the countries with
which the children of Israel
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inherited in the land of Canaan,
which Eleazar the priest,
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and Joshua the son of Nun,
and the heads of the fathers
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of the tribes of the
children of Israel, distributed
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for inheritance to them.
By lot was their inheritance,
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as the Lord commanded by the
hand of Moses, for the 9 tribes
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and for the half tribe. For
Moses had given the inheritance
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of two tribes and an half
tribe on the other side Jordan:
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But unto the Levites, he gave
none inheritance among them.
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For the children of
Joseph were two tribes,
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Manasseh and Ephraim:
therefore they gave no part
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unto the Levites in the
Land, save cities to dwell in,
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with their suburbs, for their
cattle and for their substance.
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As the Lord commanded Moses,
so the children of Israel did,
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and they divided the land.
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Then the children of Judah
came unto Joshua in Gilgal:
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and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
the Kenezite said unto him,
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Thou knowest the thing
that the Lord said unto Moses
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the man of God concerning
me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.
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Forty years old was I when Moses
the servant of the Lord sent me
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from Kadeshbarnea
to espy out the land;
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and I brought him word
again as it was in mine heart.
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Nevertheless my brethren that
went up with me made the heart
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of the people melt: but I
wholly followed the Lord my God.
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And Moses sware on that day,
saying, Surely the land whereon
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thy feet have trodden
shall be thine inheritance,
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and thy children's forever,
because thou hast wholly
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followed the Lord the
Lord my God. And now behold,
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the Lord hath kept me alive, as
he said, these 40 and 5 years,
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even since the Lord
spake this word unto Moses,
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while the children of Israel
wandered in the wilderness:
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and now, lo, I am this day
four score and five years old.
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